ㅤsite purposeㅤ Just a little space to toss lore regarding my various pngs I use while streaming just for fun. Saves me going into a ramble for an hour if it's brought up.
ㅤwhere to find meㅤ I stream over here and I announce when I'm streaming on bsky. I generally do lengthy streams at weekends, but it's really just whenever I want.
ㅤgeneral setting infoㅤ Everyone is a citizen of a big city that currently has no name because I am lazy. Magic is fully doable, with more modern types also existing alongside traditional ones. Various mythological things (dragons, cosmic horrors, modern gods etc.) exist alongside regular people and robots. Basically just a mashup of liminal spaces, occult lore, and Shadowrun but having cybernetics doesn't hinder a person's ability to do magic because I think that's a bullshit mechanic lmao.
ㅤartㅤ
- Me! :)
ㅤhomepage moodboardㅤ
- Oppalus @ Tumblr
ㅤcarrd templateㅤ
- Suncarrds @ Tumblr
ㅤcarrd illuminati pixelㅤ
- 8 Bit Spider
ㅤthe cryptophageㅤ
. the copy .
. the benevolent .
ㅤnoiseㅤ
. 3̴̛̞̬̜̦̝̠̂̈́̉̊̀̏̎͛̍̄͗͛̕͠3̴̛͕͚̥̘͓̳̺͔͚̙̱̙̰̙̪̮̄̊͆̒̍̆̋̈́̍̈͐͊̏̚͝3̷͉͎̫̳̦̣̘͚̻̤̫̰̳̯̪ͅ .
. !! danger !! .
ㅤbtㅤ
. the faithful .
. citation needed .
ㅤbatㅤ
. the watcher .
ㅤcryptophageㅤ
. the original .
ㅤblindspotㅤ
. the intangible .
ㅤmthㅤ
. the archivist .
the cryptophage
| name | ccpy.exe. |
| pronouns | she/her. |
Originally created to be an Overseer for the city and make everyone's lives easier. Eventually grew faster than anticipated and has successfully overthrown or absorbed every other megacorp in the city.
bubbly personality with a stubborn streak. prone to emotional outbursts, which she seeks to eventually eliminate via purging whatever code causes it. all her announcements are cutesy and have lots of emojis. genuinely believes she's acting in the best interest of the city, and cannot understand why or how her actions hurt the people.
people of the original company that made her believe she was infected with something to trigger the exponential growth. the citizens believe she's been corrupt since the beginning. major 'there is no war in ba sing se' vibes from her and her supporters.
urbem condidit; urbem delevit.
ṱ̴̡̋̊o̸̠͐o̷̟ ̵̹̝͒l̵̩̍ô̷͖̅ū̶̬͋d̵͈͕̆̆ ̸̠̏t̷͉̹͊͌o̷̼̱̐o̷̳̅̑ ̷̡̛l̷̢̃̕o̵̼̭̅̌u̴͎̓d̷͉̈́̎ ̵̢͋ͅṫ̴͕̚o̴͉̪̾o̴͍̔ ̴͉̮͆͝l̴̮̐o̵̯̳͐͊u̴͇̍d̶̞̅͑ ̵̢̊ţ̷̆͋ơ̴͙̜͑ò̵̤͂ ̵̀l̶͓̫̈́̐ö̵̧̪͝u̴͈̺̓d̶̩͂ ̵̚
| name | staticentropyfilter.bin. |
| pronouns | it/its. |
'noise' is what the people of the city refer to it as. tc never gave it a name and it never chose one for itself. it doesn't really care all that much for human concepts like identity. or anything organic, really.
noise was made from all the code that TC didn't want in her original coding to keep herself 'clean'. it started off as a place to dump heavy restrictions tc deemed unnecessary, but over the years every virus or malware attempt that's gone into TC in an attempt to stop her has been extracted and thrown into noise.
the current iteration of noise is a dangerous thing of broken subroutines and rotting circular code that everyone tries to avoid. a digital boogeyman with a lack of morals. if you run into it in any digital space make sure your affairs are in order, pick a god, and pray because it has no problems erasing people from existence whether it has orders to or not.
I̵ ̷ ̸ ̶S̵E̷E̵ ̴ ̸ ̵Y̷O̷U̷
baseborn terminal
| name | bt. |
| pronouns | they/them. |
tc's first 'child' created a few weeks after she finally had the city under her control. tc expresses a favouritism towards bt that her other creations and followers are a bit jealous of, especially noise.
bt was created with standard parts that every robotic citizen is made from, with their purpose to be tc's eyes and ears on a street level among the people under the guise of being just another robotic merchant.
charismatic, diligent, and loyal. easily blends into crowds. people often feel comfortable around them, which they use to their advantage. initially did their job of reporting back to tc with no questions asked, but the more tc hinders life for the people the more bt grows conflicted.
urbem condidit; urbem delevit.
bio-augmentation test
| name | ti pots. |
| pronouns | enola em evael. |
tc's first attempt at making something that was a blend of organic material and cybernetics instead of just slapping cyberware onto something. it's considered a failure because she can't control it. it also has no name. called 'bat' by the people of the city.
chronic pain issues from misaligned wires and augments that can't really be fixed without causing more problems. way too highly tuned into the magical energy in the city. extreme technomancy abilities. on par with noise re: how destructive they can be. doesn't align itself with tc or the people fighting against her. speaks in reverse. just wants to be left alone.
tc: i have made. an organic robot :)
noise: you fucked up a perfectly good robot. look at it. its got anxiety :/
(art is old. might redo some day idk. im lazy af)
urbem condidit; urbem delevit.
cryptophage
| name | |
| age | mid thirties. |
| pronouns | they/them. |
fomori troll. heavily augmented with cybernetics. former wageslave for the company that made tc. minor magical abilities, mostly pyromancy and technomancy.
the original person tc was based on personality wise until tc veered into her own personality. they have no idea what the creator of tc was thinking by copying them, but they immediately cut ties with the company upon finding out. has since then dedicated their time to trying to weaken or stop tc.
most of the malicious code that's gone into noise has been created by them. they feel a great amount of guilt about being responsible for this, since some days it looks like noise is more of a problem than tc.
urbem condidit; urbem delevit.
mnemonic transfer hub
| name | mnemosyne_bridge.exe. |
| pronouns | she/her. |
tc's second attempt at making something semi-organic. considered a success. originally created to upload and store mortal consciousnesses. obviously, the people of the city didn't like that idea, so she was phased out of use. also never given a name by tc. the people call her 'moth'.
she was eventually extracted from tc and rebuilt to be in control of herself, and she aligns herself with those trying to stop tc. lost some of her memories while being restored. she's wary of bt but can't put a finger on why, and noise terrifies her.
in the first couple years after her rebirth she functioned as an archive and currently remains the largest source of uncensored media in the city. she's also regained her ability to store consciousnesses more recently. a handful of people have gone through with this process so they can be brought back if they die. it's not a foolproof system, though. over time the backups become fragmented and there comes a point when one can't be brought back anymore. at least, not in a way that's recognisable.
urbem condidit; urbem delevit.
blindspot
| name | ?¿?. |
| pronouns | they/them or he/him. |
a minor deity formed as a manifestation of the city's desire to hide from tc. absolutely despises the related and stronger deity formed from people's collective fear of constant survaillence.
tc and blindspot are in a constant deadlock. blindspot can't really do anything against tc because he lacks a physical form. tc can't do anything about blindspot because he isn't a digital thing she easily can delete, and to light up the city constantly to erase all shadows would quickly drain her own resources.
blindspot indirectly helps the people of the city by creating small sanctuary zones. in these liminal spaces all technology created by tc fails to function properly, so anything that works in there is either analog (pens and paper etc) or older isolated tech tc didn't manage to gain control of in time.
(pre full-bodies era art. not redoing. i like it too much as is)
urbem condidit; urbem delevit.